| collocate | (v) have a strong tendency to occur side by side, Example: The words 'new' and 'world' collocate |
| collocate | (v) group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side, Syn. lump, chunk |
| collocate with | (v) go or occur together, Syn. construe with, co-occur with, cooccur with, go with, Example: The word 'hot' tends to cooccur with 'cold' |
| collocation | (n) a grouping of words in a sentence |
| Collocate | a. [ L. collocatus, p. p. of collocare. See Couch. ] Set; placed. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Collocate | v. t. To marshal and collocate in order his battalions. E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Collocation | n. [ L. collocatio. ] The choice and collocation of words. Sir W. Jones. [ 1913 Webster ] |